PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Des Williams

Chairman
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8234
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8634
Email: dwilliams@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Media & Communications

Specialises in:

  • commercial litigation (domestic & international)
  • arbitration (domestic & international)
  • administrative law, including review proceedings
  • alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
  • telecommunications, media and technology law
  • mining law

Career:

BA LLB LLM (Wits)
Higher Diploma in Company Law (Wits)
Higher Diploma in Tax (Wits)

1979: Director, Werksmans

1994-2005: Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution department

2005: Chairman, Werksmans

Highlights:

  • Appointed as the South African member of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Arbitration and Mediation, Construction and Litigation by Best Lawyers International (2008 - 2010).
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2007 - 2012).
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Commercial Litigation (2007 – 2011); in Arbitration (2010 and 2011); and in Commercial Litigation (2011) by the International Who's Who Legal.
  • Named as a recommended lawyer in Dispute Resolution by the Legal500 (2010).
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution by PLC Which Lawyer (2007 - 2011).
  • Named as a leading expert in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers (2008).